Suspender-end



\ Patented May 9, |899. J. SMITH.

SUSPENDEB END.

(Applicatiun filed Har. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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NITEDr STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WM. SMITH, OF NEWTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,557, dated May 9, 1899. Application filed March 13, 1899. Serial No. 708,842. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that LJosEPH WILLIAM SMITH, u

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspender-Ends,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the-accompany ing drawings, forming a part of thisspeciiication, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to, the herein-described improvement in suspender ends whereby certain advantages in strength of construction and wearing properties are 0btained and the size of the cast-oif reduced and made more ornamental.

The invention will be more fully described in connection with the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a suspender-end constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view, enlarged, taken through the parts on the dotted line 3 3 after they have been assembled, but before they have been united. Fig. 3 is a view, enlarged, upon the dotted line 3 3 after the parts have been united, but with the cast-off represented as disengaged from its holding-stud. Fig. 4, represents in elevation my invention applied t0 the back button end. Fig. 5 is a section thereof upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. FigA 6 illustrates a modification to which reference is hereinafter made.

The invention has for its object two features, one comprising a metal housing or frame connecting the button end with the strap end and throughwhich the button end renders and the other of which comprises the same housing or frame provided with a hook to engage the cross-bar of a metal loop at the suspender-strap end and further provided with a cast-off and, if desired, a drawers-supporter.

Referring to the drawings,Arepresents the front end of a suspender-strap. loop carried by said end and having a crossbar a', which is narrower than said end and which connects the lower ends of the depending sections a2 of said metal loop, and which cross-bar is adapted Lto be engaged by the hookli of the metal housing B of the button end and also the flexible cast-olf tongue C of said button end. lThe metal housing b is a isametalv preferably made from a flat metal blank of suitable length and edge configuration, which brought together to form the neck b2 and hook Z9. It has also in its sides the holes bwhich are in line with each other and through. which a stud or rivet D extends. There is mounted upon this stud or rivet in the space or cavity b' an eyelet d, which holds thesides of the housing apart. The stud or rivet D binds the sides together against the anges of the eyelet and also serves to fasten the flexible casing c to the metal housing and the stud mem` ber E of the cast-off to the flexible casing and met-al housing, the flange d of the stud or rivet abutting against the Iiexible casing c upon one side of the housing and the opposite end d2 of the stud or rivet being upset in the cavity e of the ball member of the castoff, causing the iiange e of the ball member to bear against the casing o and the side of the housing opposite that against which the iiange CZ bears. Y

When used in connection with a front button end, the flexible casing c may be extended below the metal housing to form a loop C for the drawers-holder F, the cord f of said drawers holder passing through the loop. (See Figs. l and 3.) The flexible casing when used with'a front button end also has its upper end extended to form the flexible cast-od tongue C, which extends about the hookb of the metal housing and has a socket member C2 of a separable fastener,which is located to engage the ball member E, and thus close the opening b4 to the mouth of the hook b. The metal housing is represented as combined with a button end G, which consists of acord formed into a long loop and having near its ends metal clasps g g', uniting them together and one of which also unites the ends of the cord and which alsoform the buttonholes g2 g3. The sections g4 g5 of the cord between IOO the casing c, sides of the met-al housing, and the ball member E of the fastener together by passing the rivet or stud D through the holes in the casing, housing, and eyelet, and upsetting its end in the cavity of the ball. The parts assembled prior to this final faslening are represented in Fig. 2 and as fastened in Fig.

lf the drawers-holder is used, it is slipped upon the loop C' of' the flexible casing before it is fastened to the housing, so that the sin- `gle act of setting the sind or rivet secures the drawers-holder and button end in place, attaches the flexible case to the metal housing, ties the two sides of the metal housing together, secures the eyeletin position therein, and attaches the ball or stud member of the cast-off to the housing and casing. The complete suspender-end is then provided with a metal holder in which the button end may render and which holds or supports the butlton end securely and which also attaches the button end to the suspender-strap, thereby not only providing a very strong union between the end of' the suspender-strap and the button end, but one that will outwear either and one which is also very light in appearance and weight, while it is held from accidental detachment from the suspender-end by the flexible cast-off tongue C, the office of which is to close the mouth of the hook b and form a nish. As this cast-oft does not takethe strain of the button-head,it may be narrower and lighter than the usual type of" cast-off which does. The strain upon the casing-loop C will be taken by the metal housing through the stud or rivet.

In Fig. 6 I have represented a slight modiiication in that the flexible casing c conforms to the lower end of the metal housing and is not adapted to form a loop for engaging the drawers-suspender.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have represented my invention as modified to attach the back button end to the suspender-straps. The metal housing B in this modification is unprovided With a hook at its upper end, but is there made straight. The flexible casin g surrounding the housing does not form a cast-off, but is a loop of strong material, like leather, surrounding the metal housing and uniting it to the joined ends of the suspender-straps A A. There is no cast-off, and the stud or rivet unites the casing and metal housing in the same way that the stud above described acts, and it also holds the spacing-eyelet in the same manner. As it does not attach a ball member of a separable fastener, it may be and preferably is made in the form of a long tubular rivet, one end of' which has a preformed fiange and the other end of which is upset upon the fiexible casing.

It will be seen that the lower part of the metal housing 'is integral and forms a loop or hanger for receiving and holding the lower cord or section of the button end G and one in which the cord may slide laterally. It will also be seen that the upper cord of the button end extends through the housing over the eyelet and is held or supported by it and that the eyelet and the fastening-stud serve to separate the two parts or sections of' the button end.

It will further be seen that the metal housing is jointless throughout its length, and this .adds to the strength of the construction and to the cheapness of manufacture.

The principal use of the eyelet is to hold the two sides of the housing apart during the setting of the fastening-stud, and in someinstances a removable spacing-piece may be used for thus maintaining the shape of the housing in lieu of said eyelet, in which case the fastening stud or eyelet itself separates the housing into its two chambers and is the sole means for dividing the two cords or parts of the button end.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. Asuspender-endhavinga metal housing to engage or support the buttonhole ends or .straps provided with acast-off hook to engage a cross-bar on the suspender-end and a flexible cast-oit tongue and means for engaging it with the metal housing in a manner to close the opening to the hook.

2. Asuspender-end having a metal housing to support or engage the button ends or straps, provided with a cast-off hook, a flexible casing surrounding the metal housing and having a tongue forming a iiexible cast-olf, the said tongue having means whereby it is detachably engaged to the casing and metal housing in a manner to cover the mouth of the hook.

3. A suspender-end having a metal housing, button ends or straps engaged by said housing, a metal hook at the upper end of said housing,a `liexible case surrounding said housing and forming below said housing a loop, and also providing over said hook a tongue, means for detaohably secu ring said tongue to the casing and metal housing and a drawerssupporter engaged by said casing-loop.

4. A suspender-end having a metalhousing, button ends or straps engaged by said holising and adapted to slide therein, a metal hook at the upper end of said housing, va flexible casing surrounding the housing, having a tongue forming a flexible cast-off, the said tongue having means whereby it is detachably secured to the casing and metal housing in a manner to cover the mouth of the hook.

5. A suspender-end havinga met-al housing provided with a cross-cavity open at both sides and divided into two sections or parts by a rivet or piece extending across the cavity to form upper and lower supports or bearings for the button end, and a button end having two parts g4, g5, the first of which is supported by the upper bearing vand the second by the lower bearing, the two parts being also arranged to slide upon their bearings.

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6. A suspender-end having a metal housing provided with a cross-Cavity open -at both sides and separated into two parts by a rivet or stud extending aeross the cavity, whereby upper and lower bearings for the two sections of the button end are obtained, said button end, one section of which is held by Ithe lower bearing and another section by the upper bearing, and a cover or oase of flexible material surrounding said metal housing and secured thereto.

7. A suspender-end having a housing made of a single piece of metal bent to form a crossoavity open at both ends and also provided with holes for the reception of a fasteningstndor eyelet, a flexible casing surrounding said housing,r and also having holes in line with the holes of the housing, an eyelet or spacing-piece contained inthe @avityof the housing and separating it into two parts, a stud or eyelet extending through the holes of the Casing and housing and uniting them together, and the sections of a button end passing through .the Cavity of the housing and separated from eaoh other by the eyelet and stud.

8. A suspender-end having a metal housing made of a single piece of metal formed to provide a cross-recess open at both ends, and a hook,holes in thehousing opposite each other, a spacing-piece or eyelet contained in the chamber or cavity ofthe housing, a flexible casing surrounding the housing having an ex-v tension forming a cast-off or tongue, holes in said flexible Casin g in line with the holes of the housing, a member of a detachable fastener and a stud or eyelet fastening the casing, housing, 'eyelet and member of the'detaohable fastener together and another nnernber` of a detachable fastener carried by said tongue or cast-off and a button end having cords or sections extending through the housing, separated by the eyelet or fastening-stud.

9. The combination of the strap having the metal loop a provided with the eross-bar a and ends a2, with the suspender-end comprising a metal housing having a hook at the upper end-to engage said Cross-bar, a flexible casing surrounding the metal housing having a tongue or cast-off adapted to extend over the said bar and cover the mouth of the hook and also adapted to be detaohably secured to the housing and casing, and button ends or straps engaged by said metal housing.

JOSEPH WVM. SMITH.

In presence of-- J. M. DoLAN, F. F. RAYMOND, 2d. 

